Music
The Skinny magazine music guide. We bring you the latest music highlights, gig reviews and previews, music videos, album reviews and features. Find exclusive interviews with local bands and international stars, bespoke playlists and video premieres.
-
InterviewsScottish Album of the Year 2012 shortlist announced
The ten albums on the shortlist of the Scottish Music Industry Association's inaugural Scottish Album of the Year (SAY) award were announced today. Honed dow... Read more »| 17 May 2012 -
Live MusicErrors / Mermaids / Mother Ganga @ The Arches, 11 May
Though he’s appeared on many a bill in one guise or another, tonight is Lewis Cook’s first ‘proper’ Mother Ganga show. He’s off... Read more »| 17 May 2012 -
Festivals
In Pictures: The Great Escape, Brighton 2012
The Great Escape, Brighton 2012 A few of the highlights from The Great Escape music festival, which ran in Brighton from 10-12 May, including Admiral Fallow... Read more »| 16 May 2012 -
Live MusicPerfume Genius / Cate Le Bon @ Captain's Rest, 8 May
Cate Le Bon has a clarification to make: contrary to received Twitter wisdom, she is neither German, nor a Viking. We don’t know the context to these m... Read more »| 14 May 2012 -
Live MusicGrimes @ The Berkeley Suite, 7 May
Grimes combines experimental electronica with staggeringly infectious pop in a way which is completely unique Read more »| 11 May 2012 -
Festivals
Mastodon, Mogwai, New Order, Aidan Moffat (and More) Talk Festival Season
The cream of this year’s UK festival line-ups open a serious can of straight talk on the destinations they're looking forward to, memorable seasons past, and what actually happens in the VIP area Read more »| 11 May 2012
-
Live Music
Holy Mountain / Happy Particles / Body Parts @ Mono, 5 May
From the divine to the ridiculously heavy, as Holy Mountain kick out jams straddling the vintage and the envelope-pushing. Read more »| 10 May 2012 -
Reviews
Nasty P – Story So Far
Story So Far by Nasty P is a cohesive, satisfying collection of hip-hop cuts aimed squarely at the dancefloor. Read more »| 10 May 2012 -
ReviewsKing Tuff – King Tuff
Even if this brand of finely tuned garage rock is not entirely groundbreaking, and the infectious vocal hooks on each track are largely some variation on c... Read more »| 09 May 2012 -
Reviews
Cornershop – Urban Turban
Cornershop have been releasing records for more than 20 years but are still bizarrely viewed in some quarters as one-hit-wonders. It's an entirely undeserv... Read more »| 09 May 2012 -
Playlists
Track-by-track: El-P Unveils Cancer4Cure
Pushing hip-hop ever forward with his first full-blown album in five years, maverick Brooklyn producer El-P explains Cancer4Cure's compelling origins Read more »| 09 May 2012 -
Reviews
Still Flyin' – On a Bedroom Wall
The second LP from San Francisco’s Still Flyin’ takes its cues from the dreamy atmospheres of understated 80s indie; the textures of opener Els... Read more »| 08 May 2012 -
Reviews
Dead Mellotron – Glitter
Given the celebrated output of Deerhunter/Atlas Sound foreman Bradford Cox, it’s surprising just how few imitators he has. There’s good reason fo... Read more »| 08 May 2012 -
Interviews
First listen: PAWS – Misled Youth
Glasgow pop-punk three-piece PAWS are heading down to Brighton's Great Escape Festival this month to play the Scottish Showcase stage alongside Adm... Read more »| 03 May 2012 -
Festivals
Noise of Summer: UK Festivals 2012
From north to south, we present a guide to the festival season’s first, second, third (and umpteenth) big weekends Read more »| 03 May 2012